Dataset on some chloroplast DNA regions of Strobilanthes bantonensis Lindau in Vietnam.

Strobilanthes bantonensis is used in traditional medicine to treat gastritis, lung inflammation, high fever, heat reduction, and tumors. S. bantonensis is a plant species of scientific interest for the discovery of novel physiologically active compounds. The Strobilanthes species exhibit considerable morphological similarity and significant homoplasy, which together with deformed or powdered specimens, complicate further classification and distinction. This dataset contains the nucleotide sequences of PCR-specific primer pairs, the sequences of the trnE-trnT, psbK-psbI, ycf1, and matK regions isolated from the S. bantonensis, and the phylogenetic trees constructed from the sequences of these chloroplast DNA regions. In the phylogenetic trees constructed based on the two intergenic regions, trnE-trnT and psbK-psbI, and the matK gene region, S. bantonensis (CB_VN) is in the same subgroup as S. bantonensis (GenBank: MT576695.1), with bootstrap coefficients of 100 %, 100 %, and 98 %, respectively. Notably, in all three phylogenetic trees, S. bantonensis (CB_VN) is distributed in the monophyletic group (Strobilanthes). The trnE-trnT, psbK-psbI, and matK markers are viable candidates for DNA barcoding to assist in the identification of Strobilanthes species. The primer pairs trnE-trnT_F/trnE-trnT_R, psbK-psbI_F/psbK-psbI_R, ycf1_F/ycf1_R, and matK_F/matK_R can be used to amplify the trnE-trnT, psbK-psbI, ycf1, and matK regions from species of the Strobilanthes genus, Acanthaceae family and other higher plants. This dataset is the first report on the trnE-trnT, psbK-psbI, ycf1, and matK markers and the phylogeny based on these sequences of S. bantonensis.